Lacing construction for garments



Aug- 14, 1945. M. SARACHEK LACING CONSTRUCTIN FOR GARMENTS Filed July 17, 1943 lll.

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Corporation,

Pa., assignor to Charis a corporation of New York Application July 17, 1943, Serial No. 495,392

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a construction adapted for use in'garments such as corsets or the like where 1acings are ordinarily employed. In accordance with this invention, Il supply a construction where the lacing is largely concealed when the two adjacent edges are brought together and yet one which can easily be threaded up and utilized.

This invention can most readily be understood by reference to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a view looking at a portion of a garment in which the construction is employed with lacings partly in place; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The garment is here shown as comprising two cloth portions I and I2 which are stitched together up to the point I4 leaving an opening between the edges above that point. In order to lace the edges together above the point I4 the fabric of members I 0 and I2 is turned backto form a hem as indicated at I 6 and I8, and an extra strip of material is seWed on each side as indicated at and 22. The structure may be stiiened by steel bones 24 if that is considered necessary which are inserted as shown in pockets formed between the layers of fabric.

Along their open edges, the strips 20 and 22 are not fastened down on the fabric I0 and I2 except that at spaced intervals set back a short distance from the edges, these members are fastened together by heavy stitching as indicated at 2E.

The lacing 30 passes between the members I0 and 20 on one side and the members I2 and 22 on the other side and passes back of the stitching 26 as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. Due to the fact that the stitching 'is drawn down tight, the lacing tends to Ibear against the face of the fabric as shown in Fig. 3 rather than against the stitching itself. This tends to give a larger area of wear and tends to protect the stitching.

The pieces of material along the edges ofthe opening are held together so closely by the stitching 26, that it would be exceedingly difllcult to insert laces if these laces were provided only with the usual straight'tips. Accordingly, I have provided the lacings with bent hooks as indicated at 32. These hooks are preferably made of plastic and have one end pointed and have a restricted hole in the other end adapted to receive the usual tips 28 of the lacing 30. These hooks are made to fit tightly around these tips 28 and hold them by frictional engagement.

Using the hooks 32, the lacing can be inserted in place with great ease and then for normal use the hooks 32 can be pulled off and put away. If any occasion then arises for removing a lacing in whole or in part, the hooks 32 can be immediately applied to the tips and the lacing can readily -be re-inserted.

`It will be noted that when the lacing is drawn up tight, the edges of the material I 0 and I2 Wil-l be drawn together and the lacing will be almost entirely concealed so that it will not catch on' any other garment or otherwise be in the way. At the same time, it is to be noted that the lacing structure entirely avoids the use of metal.

What I claim is:

In a garment having edge portions to be laced together, double layers of fabric along such edges connected together longitudinally at a point spaced from the border edges leaving open border edges, stitching extending through the fabric layers and closely bunched at spaced intervals, the bunches being inwardly offset from the border edges a substantial distance therefrom, and a lacing running between the layers of fabric and back and forth around the bunched stitching from one side to the other, said inward spacing of said bunches of stitching causing the edge portions of the garment when drawn together to substantially meet throughout their length with the lacing held between them and substantially concealed, said lacing having a straight tip vand a curved tip adapted to fit over the straight tip and to be held in place by frictional engagement to expedite the introduction of 4the lacing between the spaced bunches of stitching.

MOE SARACHEK. 

